A federal judge indefinitely postponed the execution...

A federal judge indefinitely postponed the execution of Ralph Baze, who was scheduled to die Tuesday for the slayings of the Powell County sheriff and a deputy in a 1992 ambush. In a one-page statement, U.S. District Judge Henry Wilhoit granted a stay of execution until further order of the court. Baze was convicted of shooting Powell County Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe, Bennett's brother-inlaw, on Jan. 20, 1992. Baze had claimed the shootings were triggered when Briscoe fired at him as he raised his arms and tried to surrender.